Hanafis: The time when shadows are twice as large as their objects
22-522: Shias: The time when there is only enough time to perform Asr before sunset Ahmadis: The time when it is halfway between the decline of the Sun since its zenith and the sunset The Zuhr prayer (also transliterated as Dhuhr , Duhr , Thuhr or Luhar ) is one of the five daily mandatory Islamic prayers ( salah ). It is observed after Fajr and before Asr prayers, between the zenith of noon and sunset , and contains 4 rak'a (units). On Friday,
44-423: A 24-hour day (noon to noon or midnight to midnight) occurs. The two longest time spans from noon to noon occur twice each year, around 20 June (24 hours plus 13 seconds) and 21 December (24 hours plus 30 seconds). The shortest time spans occur twice each year, around 25 March (24 hours minus 18 seconds) and 13 September (24 hours minus 22 seconds). For the same reasons, solar noon and "clock noon" are usually not
66-512: A person to cover a distance of six miles." The time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following: The Islamic prophet Muhammad said, "He who observes Al-Bardayn (i.e., Fajr and ‘Asr prayers) will enter Jannah." In another hadith: Muhammad said 'He who misses his Asr Salat (i.e. performs it after its specified time) is as if he had lost his wife, children and all his wealth.’ (Sahih Muslim) Noon Noon (or midday )
88-450: Is 12 o'clock in the daytime . It is written as 12 noon , 12:00 m. (for meridiem , literally 12:00 midday), 12 p.m. (for post meridiem , literally "after midday"), 12 pm , or 12:00 (using a 24-hour clock) or 1200 ( military time ). Solar noon is the time when the Sun appears to contact the local celestial meridian . This is when the Sun reaches its apparent highest point in
110-734: Is also the origin of the terms ante meridiem (a.m.) and post meridiem (p.m.), as noted below. The Sun is directly overhead at solar noon at the Equator on the equinoxes , at the Tropic of Cancer ( latitude 23°26′09.8″ N) on the June solstice and at the Tropic of Capricorn (23°26′09.8″ S) on the December solstice . In the Northern Hemisphere , north of the Tropic of Cancer, the Sun
132-673: Is due south of the observer at solar noon; in the Southern Hemisphere , south of the Tropic of Capricorn, it is due north. The elapsed time from the local solar noon of one day to the next is exactly 24 hours on only four instances in any given year. This occurs when the effects of Earth's obliquity of ecliptic and its orbital speed around the Sun offset each other. These four days for the current epoch are centered on 11 February, 13 May, 26 July, and 3 November. It occurs at only one particular line of longitude in each instance. This line varies year to year, since Earth's true year
154-476: Is not an integer number of days. This event time and location also varies due to Earth's orbit being gravitationally perturbed by the planets. These four 24-hour days occur in both hemispheres simultaneously. The precise UTC times for these four days also mark when the opposite line of longitude, 180° away, experiences precisely 24 hours from local midnight to local midnight the next day. Thus, four varying great circles of longitude define from year to year when
176-417: Is one of the mandatory five daily Islamic prayers . The Asr prayer consists of four obligatory cycles, rakat . An additional four rakat sunna prayer is recommended to be performed before the obligatory prayer. As with Zuhr prayer, if it is performed in congregation, the imam is silent except when announcing the takbir , i'tidal, and taslim . The period of Asr prayer begins approximately when
198-456: The Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought the time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following: However, it is very important to recite the prayer as soon as the time begins. Letter 52 of Nahj al-Balagha contains instruction of Ali to his governors on the timings of salat, "The Asr prayers can be performed till the sun is still bright and enough time of the day is left for
220-440: The seven fixed prayer times in traditional Christian denominations . The Roman and Western European medieval monastic day began at 6:00 a.m. (06:00) at the equinox by modern timekeeping, so the ninth hour started at what is now 3:00 p.m. (15:00) at the equinox. In English, the meaning of the word shifted to midday and the time gradually moved back to 12:00 local time – that is, not taking into account
242-920: The Asr prayer or the Fajr prayer . Muslims are commanded to protect the middle prayer, meaning that it should be performed at all costs. The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam in Sunni Islam , and one of the ten Practices of the Religion ( Furū al-Dīn ) according to Shia Islam . Al-Asr is also the title of the 103rd sura of the Qur’ān . अस्र नमाज़ ( Asar namaaz ) The Asr prayer consist of four obligatory rakats , along with two or four sunnah rakats preceding it. Although, according to some madh'habs , it may be reduced to two rakaʿāts when travelling. According to
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#1732765005051264-469: The Faith ( Furū al-Dīn ) according to Shia Islam . The Zuhr prayer consists of four compulsory ( fardh ) rak'a . In addition, there is a voluntary Sunnah prayer , although the details of it vary by branch of Islam. In Zuhr, Al-Fatiha and the additional surah are to be read quietly or in a whisper ( israr ). The Hanafi school believes there are four rak'a before the compulsory prayer and two rak'a after
286-633: The Fire will not touch him." Abdullah bin As-Sa'ib narrated: "Allah's Messenger would pray four (Rak'ah) after the Zawal of the sun before Az-Zuhr. He said: 'It is an hour in which the gates of the heavens are opened, and I love that a righteous deed should be raised up for me in it.'" This Islam-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Asr The Asr prayer ( Arabic : صلاة العصر ṣalāt al-ʿaṣr , "afternoon prayer")
308-459: The Latin meaning (a.m. stands for ante meridiem and p.m. for post meridiem , meaning "before midday" and "after midday" respectively), digital clocks are unable to display anything else, and an arbitrary decision must be made. An earlier standard of indicating noon as "12M" or "12m" (for "meridies"), which was specified in the U.S. GPO Government Style Manual , has fallen into relative obscurity;
330-458: The Maliki school, there is confirmed sunnah prayer before and after the compulsory prayer. There is no limit to the amount of rak'a for these, but it is recommended ( mustahabb ) for it to be at least two rak'a, and it is better to pray four rak'a. Quran 17:18 mentions "the prayer from the decline of the sun", referencing Zuhr: Observe the prayer from the decline of the sun until the darkness of
352-468: The Zuhr prayer is replaced or preceded by Friday prayer ( jum'a ) which is obligatory for Muslim men who are above the age of puberty and meet certain requirements to pray in congregation either in a mosque or with a group of Muslims. The sermon is delivered by the imam . The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam in Sunni Islam , and one of the ten Ancillaries of
374-418: The compulsory prayer of confirmed sunnah ( sunnah mu'akkadah ) prayer. The Hanafi school also believes there are 4 rak'a of non-confirmed sunnah ( ghair mu'akkadah ) prayer after the compulsory prayer. The Shafi'i and Hanbali schools believe there are two rak'a of confirmed sunnah prayer before the compulsory prayer, and two additional rak'a before and after the compulsory prayer as non-confirmed sunnah prayer. In
396-419: The modern invention of time zones. The change began in the 12th century and was fixed by the 14th century. Solar noon , also known as the local apparent solar noon and Sun transit time (informally high noon ), is the moment when the Sun contacts the observer's meridian ( culmination or meridian transit ), reaching its highest position above the horizon on that day and casting the shortest shadow. This
418-499: The night and the dawn prayer, for certainly the dawn prayer is witnessed ˹by angels˺. Some argue that Quran 2:238's "middle prayer" is about Zuhr. However the predominant view amongst scholars is that it refers to Asr. Observe the ˹five obligatory˺ prayers—especially the middle prayer1—and stand in true devotion to Allah. Some ahadith claim there are benefits to Zuhr: It was narrated from Umm Habibah that: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever prays four rak'ahs before Zuhr and four after,
440-469: The same. The equation of time shows that the reading of a clock at solar noon will be higher or lower than 12:00 by as much as 16 minutes. Additionally, due to the political nature of time zones, as well as the application of daylight saving time , it can be off by more than an hour. In the US, noon is commonly indicated by 12 p.m., and midnight by 12 a.m. While some argue that such usage is "improper" based on
462-500: The sky, at 12 noon apparent solar time and can be observed using a sundial . The local or clock time of solar noon depends on the date, longitude , and time zone , with Daylight Saving Time tending to place solar noon closer to 1:00pm. The word noon is derived from Latin nona hora , the ninth canonical hour of the day, in reference to the Western Christian liturgical term Nones (liturgy) , (number nine), one of
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#1732765005051484-457: The sun is halfway down from noon to sunset (various schools of thought of Islam differ on the starting point; some say that it begins when the shadow of an object equals its actual length plus its shadow during noon, others say that the actual length must be doubled). Asr prayer ends at sunset. The middle prayer mentioned in the Quran 2:238 , is interpreted by Islamic scholars as being either
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